Alesis QS8.1, QS7.1 manual Quick Tour of the Front Panel, Wheels, Sliders

Overview: Part 2

PART 2

OVERVIEW

AQUICK TOUR OF THE FRONT PANEL

THE WHEELS

At the far left of the front panel you will find two powerful controllers:

∙The [PITCH] wheel. Move this control up or down to expressively bend the pitch of the synth.

∙The [MODULATION] wheel. Move this control to cause interesting sonic changes in the current Program or Mix.

Sometimes you won’t hear anything happen when you use the [MODULATION] wheel. In these cases, either (A) the current Program or Mix isn’t programmed to respond to modulation, or (B) modulation is tied to a function that is currently off. Here’s an example of the latter: if the [MODULATION] wheel is programmed to control chorus speed, but chorus d e p t h is currently set at zero, then moving the [MODULATION] wheel won’t do anything audible.

THE SLIDERS

Moving to the right, you will see 5 different sliders:

∙The [VOLUME] slider. This fader raises and lowers the QS7.1/QS8.1’s audio output level.

∙[CONTROLLERS A, B, C, and D]. These faders are programmable and can be used to give you hands-on control of many different parameters. What they do will vary depending on how the Program or Mix has been designed. As you move them, the LCD gives you visual feedback in the form of small vertical bar- graphs. Please note: this only happens if a control function is assigned to the slider being moved. That means the quickest way to find out which sliders are working in a given Program is to push all four sliders up while watching the display.

During editing, the [CONTROLLER D] slider serves as a data entry control.

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